Love and Relattioships Poetry Comparisons - When we two parted + Neutral Tones

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Introduction

Both poems portray a romantic theme which focuses on the end of the relationship, and the feelings that this loss of love produces

Both are significantly affected by loss of their lover:

When we two parted - this is depicted by Byron by the use of the metaphor "a knell to mine ear". This suggests that his lovers name sounds like a bell that is rung slowly to mark a death, and so this hints that he grieves for their relationship as her name reminds him of the death of their relationship.

Neutral Tones - also depicts being hurt by love, he remembers the day his relationship broke down. Consequently he makes a pessimistic generalisation that "love deceives", and so for Hardy he didn't just loose one relationship, he also lost his faith in love.